Portrait statue of Flavius Palmatus wearing toga. Aphrodisias (Caria). Late fifth to sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Tetrastoon
Current Location:
Aphrodisias Museum (exc. inv. 72-49)
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, with base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
footwear, closed, strapped boots; toga, late antique; tunic, colobium; tunic, sleeved
Hairstyle:
Mop
Height(cm):
201.5
Attributes:
mappa; sceptre
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Palmatus
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Atheneus
Position:
Others
DATE
Earliest:
450
Latest:
550
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R. 'Late antique portraits in a public context: Honorific statuary at Aphrodisias in Caria, AD 300-600' , Journal of Roman Studies, 89 (1999), 155-89, pls. 3 and 11
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 236-8, no. 208, pls. 264-5 (Erim: end 5th)
